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. 2021 May 20;21:952. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10750-8

Table 1.

Select population-level statistics for countries participating in the trial (2015)

2015 rates/statistics DRC Kenya Zambia Guatemalac Pakistan
Population (1000’s) 77,267 46,050 16,212 14,389 188,925
Per capita income (USD 2015) 497b 1337b 1332b 3924b 1357b
Currency exchange rate per 1 USD (June 2015 USD) 921.29 99.19 7.55 7.63 101.82
Total live births (1000’s) 3217 1571 645 467 5451
Maternal mortality ratioa (per 100 live births) 0.6930 0.5100 0.2240 0.1100 0.1780
Neonatal mortality rateb (per 100 live births) 3 2.2 2.1 1.5 4.6
Calculated ratio of neonatal mortality to maternal mortality (per 100 live births) 4.33 4.31 9.38 13.64 25.84

Notes: aConverted to per 100 live births from per 100,000,

bConverted to per 100 live births from per 1000

cLatest available mortality statistics for Guatemala were from 2010